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Old June 27th, 2004, 20:50
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Injuries from paintball game related activities in the United States, 1997–2001

This study from the CDC found that annually about 4.5 out of 10,000 participants in paintball required emergency room treatment. Greater than 60% of injuries were due to pellet wounds, of which most were to the eye. Over 95% of injured persons treated and released from the ER (i.e. did not require hospital admission.


Injuries from paintball game related activities in the United States, 1997–2001

J M Conn, J L Annest, J Gilchrist and G W Ryan

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Inj Prev 2004;10:139-143

http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/139
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